I just got word our homestudy has been finalized (signed/notarized) and is in the mail today - should be to us in 1-3 days!
In other news - apparently our state is now doing adoption fingerprints in such a way that the homestudy does not get a hard copy that we can use for the dossier (group of papers that gets sent with our request to adopt from Wallace's country). Instead they send the homestudy agency a very un-official looking result(s) and then they REQUIRE us (adoptive parents) to do a totally seperate live-scan (fingerprints) and you guessed it - more fees. Looks to be another $70-90 for us to get Department of Justice (State) clearances for the dossier.
We are getting our forms filled out so when our homestudy arrives we can send it with the USCIS forms to get approved by the US government to adopt internationally. That is estimated to cost just under (around) $1,000. These are "out of pocket" costs. Our Reece's Rainbow "Family Sponsorship" amounts do not go towards homestudy (or homestudy-related - like adoption classes) fees, dossier prep (notary) fees, or USCIS or fingerprinting fees. The RR FSP donations will go directly to help with travel to Wallace's country to get him, program (facilitation in-country) fees, and some others - later.
Scott has our flyer up at our local coffee shop, his work, our chiropractor's office (also has a jar of bracelets), - we are trying to think of where else we can get these bracelets out so we can fund-raise as much as possible to cover the USCIS fees.
We've got one more fund-raiser that is almost ready to go... stay tuned!
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